In brief | 19 December '24
Eurostat:
In 2023, 24.5 percent of gross final energy consumption in the EU came from renewable sources, up by 1.4 percentage points compared with 2022.
IISD:
Government support for fossil fuels reached at least USD 1.5 trillion in 2023. Germany鈥檚 fossil fuel subsidies are the second highest in the world, after Russia, says a report by IISD.
Carbon Brief:
鈥淔ragmented governance鈥� between biodiversity, climate change, food, water and health is putting all of those systems at risk, according to a major new report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
Bloomberg:
Following increasing flood losses in Europe, central bank and insurance authority warn of 鈥榩rotection gap鈥�.
Bloomberg:
European natural gas prices fell as Slovakia鈥檚 push to keep the fuel coming through Ukraine added optimism about the region鈥檚 supply next year.
